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UNTTED STATES PATENT Genion.'

nLrAs STANGELAND, on nooansrnn, MINNESOTA..

VEGETAB'LE-STEAMER.

`Speoieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,9!Q5, dated November 8, 1864.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, ELrAs STANGELAND, of

Rochester, inthe county of Olmsted aud- State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu Apparatus for Steamin g Food for Cattle; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof", which will enable others skilled in the art to make anduse the same, reference being had to'- the accompanying drawings, making a part of this-specification, in Which- Figure 1 represents my apparatus in elevation, a portion 'of thcoutside of the barrel being broken away to show the parts Within. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the barrel, taken on a horizontal line above the steam-pipe P.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to construct an apparatus yfor 'cooking food'or cattle by*- steam which can be used for many different substances and can be made at a small cost.

lt is Well-known that when roots, grain, and other articles of food for cattle and stock are boiled or-cooked their nutritious qualities are not so liable to be Wasted or lost either in feeding or in digesting, and much that Wouid be rejected in its raw state by the animal Will be eaten when thus prepared. The economy` of this mode of preparing food is 'now universally admitted by every agriculturist-who has tried it by experiments orl Who has given any attention to the subject, yet the practice 'ot' preparing food for stock. in this way has not 'been generally adopted, lchiefly because tbeapparatus for 'carrying it out has sub jected the .farmer of small means, or Whose stock is not numerous, to au expense, per haps, -disproportionate lto `the advantages likely to follow from its use. v s

. My' design in this invention is lto do away with uns objection, and ity-invention' consists of improvements which are" intended to facilitate "the Work andI cheapen the costl of 'the apparatus.

S representsa stove or furnace of any kind 'apen which a boiler, B, ofany construction and of suitable size, may be set Tne'bail B of ,the boiler should be' strong enough to enable li't'to bejused as a means for holding downxthe ycover of the boiler 'when it is necessary to prevent the eeape of the steam through the sides and at joints of the cover. 'FA steam pipe, P, leadsy forth 'from the upper. or steam-space in the boileraud is carried through the kside of a barrel or' steamer, which may be of wood for 'some uses or .of any other material that is suitable and convenient. The steamer'is to stand upon supports l, and is tted with a' suitable; cover ,Whichmust' be capable of being secured in its lfaceagainst the pressure of thesteam. The bottom of the steamer is to be perforated with minute" holes, as seen in Fig. l, which shows the bottom partly in' sec tion, and a square opening, d, is made through` it near the 'side to which is fitted a slide, j', which extends .through a slot in the 'side ,of the barrel, so that it can be moved from Without.' A grating, e, tits upon'the perforated bottom to sustain. a perforated metallic false bottom, D, vwhich is rigidly secured to the lower part of a socket or short pipe, n.

l1.3.perforated pipe, Pl, which's closed at top',

but open at bottom, is inserted Within the socketjn, andis held at the top by a'removable cross-piece, C, fitting loosely inthe barrel,

Athrough which cross-piece() the'pipe P passes,

as shown in the drawings.` The steam-pipe P is joined to the pipe P bya suitable joint.

The joint made by the passage of thepip'e P- through the side of the barrel should be made tight.

lows vWhen grain, suchas oats, corn, and such other substances as lie compactly together are to be steamed, I prepare the steamer as shown in the drawings. raised in the boiler it will pass through pipe l? intoAV the pipe P Aand be forced out4 through its perforations (which are to be` numerous and extend throughout its whole ylength) into the body of grain equally on all all intermediate points of its depth, thereby greatly expediting the process of saturation' and; cookiu g. The water of conden sationfrom' the pipe l?! Will collect in the socket-nkand the Water or" condensation formed in the body of grain will pass o through the'pert'orated false bottom D and the perforated bottomo.. It is not of course intended to create ahighpressure of steamA in a' steaming-vessel of this construction.

When AIdesire to steamlargerarticles-such as rutabagas, potatoes, apples, and other roots or fruits-I remove the steam-pipe? and false The operation ofmyapparatus is as fol-- Steam -bein g then' bottom D and grating c, as the iuterstices between these articles are sufficient for the rapid and free circulation of the steam Without a high pressure.

The object et' tbe gate al emolv slide f is to enable me to cleanse the steamer of refuse afterit has been used.

Having thus described my invention, Icla'iin l as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A steamer for agricultural purposes constructed substantially as above described, containing ai perforated pipe extending from its ELIAS STANGELAND. Witnesses: A. NELSON,

. W. S. BOOTH.- 

